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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
Proceedings of the City Council.
Cot Neil CHAMBER. OLYMPIA.


February 10Th l>S1.
The Common Council met pursuant to
adjournment, his Honor, Mayor A H.
Chambers pres lin
Roll was called. full Council present
The Committee ul Fire LI"h an VA
ter. to whom wt> REFERRED the vlltior oi
}. \. Gale, \. II Owinr> and others, f,r Il
street lamp al the draw on Long Bridge.
reported that the\ had e>limatci tlr =
prnsc Tor a ya> lamp, and dceminG it 10"
great, recommend that an oil lamp crr"ri-
ed Al that point. On Motion, the report
was adopted.
The CITY Attorney. "a council for the
Marshal in the matter of collection II the
delinquent taxes on the roll ot 1856, re
ported progress, and explained To the Sd =
lstaCtion of the Council that the proceed
iRgs this far taken, were III accordance
with law
Tilr judiciary Committee, b.; Mr-sr>
O'rirn and LybarSrr, I" whom w;t> re-
trrrrd an ordinance defining the duties and
iixin. the compensation of city officers,
also an ordinance defining the fire limit,
of The city and Ia protect property from
fire, reported that they had considered the
,alnc and recommended their passage. On
motion, rhe report was received and paced
on lie.
An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of city officers
WAS read third time and placed upon it,,
final passage, with the following result ::
Ayc,-Mcs>rs, Hartsock, Lybargcr, Obi
IN and Smenson, 4 nocs-McsSrs Belt
man and Young, ,. Ordinance declared
passed and title agreed To-
An ordinance to amend Sec 9 of an or
narcc entitled An ordinance defining the
fire limits of the city and To protect proper
" from fire" WAS read third time and
placed upon lis final passage. 18th the fol
lowing result; All the Conncimen voting
ave. The ordinance was declared passed
and title agreed to.
On motion of Mr. O'.}ricn, the Stree,
committee was requested to investigate
and report at the next meeting on the mat
ter of opening the street to its full width
abuitng the property of John NJ swan
On motion. the Council went into clcc
ton OF city officers. Mc>>rs. O'Bricn aud
Bcttman were appointed tcllers. a ballot
WAS taken in each c:lsc, when, on il count
of the ballots, the following were declared
rlccted;
Robert Mari Clerk; Samuel G. Ward.
Treasurer; Fred Guyot, Marshal; Il \
McNair, Night Waterman; VIM. Cullen,
Street Commissioner; Chas. Ii. Aver, At
torncy; ID. $. Il. Henry, Surveyor: e. J.
Peterson, Engineer Of Olympia Mo-
Recommendation of the Fire Depart
mcnl for the election of Geo. ). Allen a>
Chief of the Fire Department was read
On motion the Clerk was instructed to
cast the vote of the Council in favor of G.
:. Allen for Chief of the Fire Department
Vote was cast and &. :. Allen declared
elected unanimously.
On notion the Council adjourned
ROBERT MARR, Clerk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

The Oregonidn publishes tabulated
statement of the temperature in Port
land the past thirteen years, taken
from the Signal Service records, which
shows that the lowest reading during
that period was Jan. II, 1873, 3 deg
above, and Dec. %, 1870, VIXEN the
mercury again stood at the same fig
urc. 1t says that all old residents
agree that the winter OF 1919 was the
scvcrest ever known and concludes
from the best information it can oh
tain that the temperature in the Viii
lamette valley has never fallen two
degrees below zero.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
The Latest Craze.
A Rival of the Noted Fifteen Puzzle.

The following puzzle, taken from
knoUie1gr, Is creating Il sensation
equal to that of the Fifteen Puzzle, y
a few years ago. Everybody wherever
it has been published, is intent on the
solution.
A prisoner fin A is offered his free
dom if he can make his way to b after
passing once and only once through
all the sc cells. a solution has been
given, but we will let such of our
readers rs have not seen it ponder
the matter till our next issue:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
The Best Method.

The most agreeable as well as the mos
effective method of dispclling Headaches
Coughs and FeverS or cleansing the sys
TEN is by taking a few doses of the pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy, Syrul
of Figs. Ii acts gently yet effectively
strengthening the organs on which it acts
:" that regular habits may he formed
Manufactured only by the California Fl.
syrup Co, San Francisco, Cal For sail
in 80 cent and 81 bottles by +. |. McKen
ny, Druggist, Olympia, W. T..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

age Of progress We have better laws
now. hut will even Mr.. Aver assume that
they are perfect? Can they not be made
more humane and tolerant, if woman is
allowed t. aid i'll the work? They could
not we'll be worse than man effort in
hy1nllr a4e> Still hrra,lSe the Supreme
tribunal has declared that woman sui
ira,c has never had a legal existence
here this learned legal protector SAYS it
never will have, study the logic OF
events. Mr. \. Many women IN our
Territory can make i better pr li,tion
than that, HARRIET L. Imam.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
A Denial of the Soft Impeachment.

" \ Woman" in tn, Oreqo.inn. tak"-
g W. II r., thu Olympia c"rr'->ron-
dent ul that journal. severely /" task
for stating that TIN, majority OF WrIu' n
are ~atisil, Il with the Supreme t"urj
decision, DISTINGUISHING, the ialr sex.
which She alphabetically denI->. a. well
a. the accusation that the women
here had sought t. push Themselves
into nut"rirtv 10y sitting on jurit> and
by pushing their way into the political
arena" She atiirln> that this staff
nlcnt Is false and unjust; that thu.
women had simply responded t" a call
OF duty and performed 1t conscientious
~. She likewise takes exception To-
his assertion that w"man's cniran-
chi.cln.nt " lia> proved unsatisfactory
or CAUSED bitter feelings and serious,
trouble between husbands and wives
-" 1t is" she attirmS," a gross misreprc-
sentatsun, except perhaps in extreme
and isolated cases, where the man Is
neither Il gentleman nor IA true hus-
band, but is in all the relations of home
life, an unreasonable higoted tyrant !;
and it would seem that the men OF
Washington Territory would rise as
one Voice i'll indignant rcbuttal of such
an unmanlv and iyn"rahlr accusation.
She resumes: - Women on the Jury.
has been Il weapon cunnlnglv and dcX-
ter"llsly used 10y the opposer of We
man suffrage, but even that loses its
effect when poor women who have
been obliged to wash for living or ply
the sewing machine eighteen hours Il
day find it not only restful to mind
and body to serve on jury, hut an hon
orahe and easy avenue through which
to add to their scanty store. As rule,
women have exercised their right t.
vote freely and indcpendc ntlv, hus-
bands seldom inquiring how they
Voted, and in many instances husbands
and wives going to the polls together
and voting opposite tickets; and it is
generally acknowledged by unbiased
minds that woman's influence in pol
tiles has been potent for good, even
during the short time she has been
permitted to hold the ballot"
"W III. r." does not seem content
with arraigning the women, for this
adverse action of the court, but like
Alexander the Great, looks for other
worlds to conquer, and finding none,
tackles Judge Dennison and reads him
a caustic lecture for assuming to think
contrary to the Supreme Court edict .
Poor Judge, how chagrined he will
be to discover that he did not know
how that tribunal was constituted on
a division, after the fourth Judge was
added. How could he have stumbled
on proposition as simple as that two
and one make three? And this sug-
gests the idea that if the Judge per-
sists i'll holding his head above the
clouds, he should by all means engage
the services of some such faithful flap
ton on occasion to mundane affairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

Lula Hurst, the electric girl who
made 100000 by public exhibitions of
the wonderful force manifested through
her, which by judicious investment has
increased to half a million, was lately
married, in Chicago, to her former
manager, Paul NJ. Atkinson. The
temerity of the groom will appear less
remarkable when We state that several
years ago Miss Hurst lost the power
that would enable her to paralyze him
in domestic broil.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE large amount OF space devoted
to communications, Commissioners
and Council proceedings and other in
teresting local matters in this issue,
has entrcnchcd somewhat ON our ed
itorial space, and the reader loses, as a
consequence, several unwriten homi-
hes on current topics. We will have
IL chance, however, to " see you later"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
Never Give In.

II you suffer with Asthma, Bronchitis,
Consumption, bronchial Catarrh or any
dlscase:of the Throat. Chest or Lungs,
You will be surprised at the rapid i'm
provemcnt that will follow the use Of a
few bottles "i Santa Able, the most pala-
table cough eur" in the world Guaran-
tecd by &. b Mann, Olympia, W. T.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE New Transcript in abiding to
the late award of the city delinquent
tax list to the STANDARD, says:
Printers abroad will undoubtedly ex-
pect John to build bay window on each
side of his house, and fee q on something
more substantial than wind soup when
he realizes on this contract"
The expectation of the "rrntcrs
abroad will hardly be- met, but our
own object of putting man-a,| roof
on the little game OF the " only Re
publican paper" is in a fair way oi
realization.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

Joaquin Miller, the erratic poet, il
seems, has been ha>king in the smiles
of that seductive syren, Mrs. Langtry
Listen to his carricious muse:
If all Gods world IA garden were,
And women were but flowers;
If meE were bees that busted there,
Through all the Summer hours
Oh, | would hum Gods garden through
For honey Till | came to you.
Then should have within your hair
Its sun and gold together;
And I should bide il glory there
Throughout the changefui weather
Oh, | should sip but one-this one
Sweet flower underneath the sun.
He is, however, not the first miller
that has been scorched by fitting toe
close to bright flame.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THOMAS a. Edison, the inventor is
very i'll, and it is probable that he will
never be able to return from Florida
whittier he has gone in the hope Of Il
cure Of his ailliction, pleurisy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

The price of coal in Victoria rose
from IS to $40 per ton. 1t is probable
that there will be rise in the price of
meat. A great scarcity in the market
is reported. There is a great loss Of
stock on the interior ranges.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

A PASSENGER by the Canadian Paci-
fic reports great inciyility Of the en-
ployes of the company during a late
trip over that route, when the trains
were blockaded by snow and every
body was compelled to bear many
hardships,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly discussed evolution, and re-
solved that:
Adam and Eve were created body and
soul by immediate act OF Almighty pow
er.thereby preserving perfect race unity;
that Adams body was directly fashioned
by Almighty God. without any natural
parentage of any kind, out of matter pre-
viously created out of nothing. and that
any doctrine at variance herewith is a
dangerous error.
If the Assembly had gone farther
and given us the pedigree of Gains
sather-in-law, it would have filled Il
want long felt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

Mo>r of the small rivers flowing
int" the sound are frozen over, thus
stopping navigation to points along
them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

ANOTHER Observation-Disclosures
Fool, named f. w. James, shot Mrs.
Mary w. Newton, at Alhina, Oregon,
on the 10th instant, killing her in
stantlv.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

Coal is selling in some parts Uf
Montana at $50 per ton, and there are
apprehehsions of great loss of life if
the weather does not moderate soon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE figures Of the elections last fall
in twenty closely-contested States,
show a net Democratic gain OF over
4JOOO
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE ship Ktnnebec and barkentint
ST. Louis, were wrecked, ON the south
ern coast coast OF California, last Mon
dav.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
OLYMPIA. ~ a~HiNGION TER.


WHILE il j. Very generally conceded
that tht.r. j. absolutely no u.s., ior IT,
prnvtrhial " tIIth win,l, L. the wagon,
umlcs, it h, t. Il-,. in il mythical sens,
hv writers or public Speakers to" point
Il moral CT adurn Il tale, ii must To-
admitted that there i some Use for a
fifth Judge if the Seattle lawyers tell
The truth (and who Will presume t"
dispute their Judgement i'll this or amy
other mattcrD They state that the
business Of the courts Is far behind
what ii should hc; that there there are
Ii criminal and i.J6 civil casts on the
docket, involving the aggregate sum
ui Tl,l9S,11O Who is to blame for
business being behind, L. not shown.
nor il it necessary to enter into detail
in framing il memorial. There are
some very potent reasons, however
not stated, that readily suggest them
St'lNtS. It IlSt WI tii's' IL tAi'ss a.
affords another chance for political as
piratiun. Tightening may strike III
the Territory next time. for the very
good reason that it has not struck
there before; the number OF places
for holding court will be enlarged and
the list of court officers materially
heightened, and the larger the number
of members OF the supreme Court, the
better the chance for Il change OF rul
ing to suit the peculiar eXigencics OF
cause or necessity OF client. Tho
greater the number of Judges and the
larger the book of statutes, the better
the business of the lawyers, who lik,
the doctors thrive hest when misfor
tune is heaviest. The petition OF tn,
Seattle bar has been laid before Con
gress, however, and it is not improba
Bile that some action will be taken to
fill the aching void.
-
THE Walla Walla journal has adopt,
ed the rule of refusing to publish any
thing of an advertising nature i'll its
local columns 1t certainly degrades
the tone of the paper to do so, but the
evil has grown to such magnitude
that it will require united action to
eradicate it. The STANDARD has re-
fused many propositions from Eastern
advertisers for that class of advertising
which have been eagerly accepted
apparently, by many of its contempor-
aries, and it has received much better
prices on other proposals that were as
grecdily swallowed by those inexper-
fenced in the d" tricks of the trade.
A meeting OF the Puget Sound Press
Association will be called sometime in
July, for the consideration of such
matters, and to arrive ut some plan for
unity of action.
THE Lewis county bar have passed
a long string of resolutions expressive
OF their high appreciation of the jul
dicial career of Judge Hoyt, which is
all very proper, if they see fit to do so ;
but when a column OF space is request
ed in the Olympia, Tacoma and Seat
tie papers, to make their action effect
i've, it looks very much as if the cost
of the " chrome" they give the Judge
has been assessed upon the publishers
of the respective newspapers. That's
the way it looks to the writer, and with
out any disrespect to the gentlemen
who make the request, we beg to de
cline duplicating matter that will prob
ably appear in half dozen other pa
pers, and which is OF very little interos st
to the general reader.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

WEATHER REPoRT-The L. s. Sig
nal Office furnishes the STANDARD
with the following wealth: + rport for
the week cndin" February 18th:
Barurnct,'r-.Av rrI"t II, light. 1854
inrl~ :, h-hest. :O3l; lowest, 1919
range, o.
r,mlnrature--A>erage, 35 drgr' es,
against - l"r preceding week; high
est "A on Friday; lowest II, on Tues
day; range, -.
Rainfall and Melted Sn"w-Total
amount .3G inches; greatest amount
for one day, - on Thursday. Mean
relative humidity, ~ per cent.
Misunderstanding direction, south
AMI southwest; highest hourly vcl"c-
ity, H. miles on Thursday; total miles
Travelled, sis.
Weathcr-Light snow on Friday and
Wednesday. Lii; Int rain On Saturday
and Wednesday. Heavy frost on all
day, i'll week. There were l clear, |
cloudy and ) fair DAYS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE Republicans have carried the
city election in Philadelphia by about
1900 majority.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
CENTRALIA ITEMS.
Regular Correspondence.

Mrs Washhurn, Of Tenino, is still
lingering on.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laity, Of Grand Mound
prairie, have moved into town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ribbon are in town
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Winston.
Mrs. Bashlin has quite pretty
store, well supplied with trimmings
and other notions.
Last nights rain has taken away
the larger part OF snow, though consid-
cradle remains yet.
George Null WAS in from the coun-
try to-day He says the snow is not
broken at all up there, and travelling is
very hard
John shelton, always one Of the
lucky kind, was the recipient of Il
handsome valentine this year. 1t is Il
girl, and he tells us it looks like him
self
Mr.. Tichnor, near Tcninn, has lost
two or three valuable horses this week
from some disease resembling the blind
staggcrS. One or two more in the
same place are similarly afflicted
Property is still changing hands.
John Buchanan has turned over his
boiler and engine to the prupricturs OF
the shinglc mill. lie has also bought
some more ground adjoining his mill
from Cyril Ward. Senior.
Mr.. Richards, proprietor of the Cen
tralia House, is doing Il thriving husi
ness. Mr. Ingraham, OF the Airing
ton. talks of bringing in Chinese
cook. Ii he knows when he is we'll oil
We advise him to leave the Monaghan
alone.
Mrs. Shannon, daughter of Joseph
Young and her two small children, ar
rived last week from Tacoma on Il
visit to her parents, and before She
had been here more than few DAYS
the oldest child took sick. She left
Immediately for home where she could
receive proper medical attention for
the child
Messrs. Shirrcl and Munroe are bus
lily engaged in the putting together OF
hcchivcs. They have number ui
large orders waiting to he filled. The
hives are something quite new and We
believe II great improvement on any
hitherto used. Mcssrs. buckingham
Bros, of ChchaliS, have the contract
for getting the frames out.
Mr.. Ii. McAtce, who lives in town,
broke loose one day last week, and
mounted on one of his horses he rode
up and down the streets for the space
of two hours, tiourishing an anger in
the air and vowing vengence on i few
whom the temporary insanity caused
him to imagine had injured him. Mr.
Novy received kick ON the shin bone,
and McAtcc says he would have bit
him but could not lay hold OF him.
Sheriff Claughton was called, and hav
tied the mans hands, and with II few
witnesses took him to Chchalis. Moth
ing, however, was done with him, and
he is now ut home all right again.
Being i'll rather narrow circumstances,
1T is supposed it preyed upon the mans
mind. ~.
CENTRALIA, Feb. II, 1887.
The Olympia correspondent of the
Ofegonidh, i'll commenting on the late
decision of the Supreme Court, that is
creating SO much comment, says:
1t is too bad, of course, to see that a
thieving gambling game should result in
such a sweeping revolution, but tins is
one of the things no fellow can find out"
Problematical? No. The vague i'll
detiniteness of the quotation serves to
n Wa lnn Gccllt nauArs II iLN mimi
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

GREAT damage has resulted from
floods in the Ohio river.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18

THE Oregon Legislature adjourned
to-day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
CENTRALIA, Feb. II, 1887.

THE Olympia correspondent of the
Ofegonidh, i'll commenting on the late
decision of the Supreme Court, that is
creating So much comment, SAYS:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18

The question of call for an extra ses-
sion of the General Assembly has been
discussed through the public press of
the State, and there seems to be diff
ference of opinion on the subject. We
do not believe that any political party
deserves success unless it be brave
enough to assume responsibilities and
do what is right and proper under all
circumstances presented in any situa-
ton, however grave or perilous.
The Democratic party of Virginia, in
convention assembled, has solemnly
declared that it accepted the act known
as the Riddleberger bill as a final set
tlement of the public debt of the State
If the party honestly meant to do what
it solemnly declared it would do, then
let every true and manly Democrat
touch elbows and move in solid phalanx
in an effort to use every means in the
power of the State to make the Rid
dleberger settlement finality.
We have conyersed with many who
were once strong debt-payers, and We
find the sentiment unanimous that the
bOndholders can either take the Riddle
berger settlement OF nothing.
II we had any influence with the Ex-
ecitive we would advise Governor Lee
to convene the General Assembly in ex-
ira session not later than the LIST Mon
day iii February next, and to submit to
it the whole subject Of the public debt
with its many present difficulties and
complications.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
Human Life Valuable:
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IL, 1887


To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Dear Sir,-Will you permit me TO say
a few words in defence Of the life of the
human beings of this community
When property, whether it belongs TO
individuals or the corporation, comes
in contact with human existence they
both sink into insigniticance. To-day
the writer was on Ninth street near
Bank, when he heard an alarm of FIRE.
A few minutes thereafter he saw steam
fire-engine and hook-and-ladder truck
being driven at break-neck speed down
Ninth street hill as il the route was per
fectly clear. No driver, no matter how
well he may know his team, can accom-
plish impossibilities Now, common
sense struck me, but il certainly did not
strike the drivers of the fire apparatus.
Suppose street-car had turned the cor
ner of Ninth and Main streets, and
another had come along down Main anil
crossed at this point-a not infrequent
Occurrence-nott to speak of private We
hicles, such as buggies, carriages, and
wagons driven bymen, women, and chill
dren, and pedestrians crossing to and
fro where would the fire apparatus have
gotten through ? | leave the problem
to the intelligent reader. is it not bet
ter that some thought of human life
should be considered? IL is all very
we'll to endeavor to get to a fire as
quickly as possible, but when life is to
be pitted against few minutes delay
in saving property, some discretion at
least is the better part of valor. AT
night, when the streets are compare
lively free Of traffic, then if the drivers
feel like risking their lives by driving
dowa hill at break-neck speed, let them
do 80. W. p. J.